Swirly!

It'd be better if you can hold off, at least until the last week of the month, since today is the first day we are "supposed" to work on these. Some people may feel rushed too if they see a whole bunch of customs at the begining of the month.

I'm going to bump this up, since I have a question about Tamiya paints. 

I bought 5 bottles the other day, because I wanted to try some better paint and they had it in the colors I was looking for. Everyone says these are supposed to be thicker.

The paint seems to be much thinner, instead of thicker. When I go to apply it my brush just wipes it off and it won't cling to the surface, it seems way too watery. I wonder if it is the brush I'm using or if I am completely missing something and I just suck at using them. Anyone have any tips on how to use this stuff correctly?

Thanks for the front page love Jeff!

DAVID AEBISCHER, Goalie, COL....... bet you guys couldn't have guessed that.

I'm not bored at all. I'm really enjoying collecting right now, except for $20 exclusive rainbow cloes and and all the other overpirced exclusives. It wouldn't be so bad if they were all a normal price. But other than that, I finally have a bit of money, I've been opening everything, not just buying extras when I can. I have kind of kicked the completist in me and I've skipped a few ROTS figures, both R2s, the SBD, C-3PO (and that's because I saw him twice), Exploding Grievous, Destroyer droid, and the Second Obi-Wan and Yoda. Other than that, I have been able to pick up extras of stuff fro customizing and I finally am doing some real army building. I have close to 40 #41 clones, 6 #6 Shocktroopers, 4 Tank gunners, 4 grey pilots and 1 black, 1 Clone evolution set, 10 red commanders and 2 green ones, 2 regular Bacarras, 1 SA Bacarra custom, 2 AT-RT drivers, and 5 #6 clones. I've never even come close to that before.

I go on case busting runs at the 24hr Wally every night so I get almost whatever I want, as long as they get it in. I have finally been able to help out fellow local collectors who have helped me out countless times. I really excited for SAGA 2 it will be great replacing some crappy POTF2 figures with good resculpts.

I have also been doing a lot of customizing, which I really enjoy. CHEWIE's Customizing Challenge is something I look forward to every month.

I finally feel free, I just buy what I want and skip what I don't, this has been a really great year for me collecting wise. And I hope it keeps up.

Just in case anyone is curious, the recipe is:

Head - Sith Probe droid from either the Sith accessory set or a aDarth Maul, I have no idea which
Chest and Left Arm - POTF2 4-LOM, with a ROTS #41 clone anntenae
Crotch and Upper legs -  The original POTF2 C-3PO, it's all I had
Right arm - Reposition EV-9D9 arm, SOTE Dash Rendar shoulder, Tip of a Jango gun for the torch
Lower right leg - Madine's Baton and EV-9D9 leg cut below the knee
Lower left leg - ROTS #41 Clone anntenae and EV-9D9 leg cut below the knee

Thanks again for all the kind words guys.